Battery.



' UXTED STATE/s i HERBERT' D. Moliets, or enanos Fono. remis-numana.

BATTERY.

1.29%394'. Specification 0f Letters Patent a'tented Jan. il,

fipplication 'filed July 19. 131. Serial No. 2525.743.

Be it known that l. iiiinmnrr l). Mounts. a citizen ol the United States. residingr at thadds Ford. in the countv ot' Delaware and State oi Pennsylvania. have invented new and use't'ul lniproveincnis in Batteries, otl which the iollo\\in r is a spccitication.

This invention relates to electric hattcrics.

paiticnlarl)v to those ot the incloscd type. and has tor'its ohjcct thc provision ol an electric battery consistingr ot a pluralit \v ot dr)Y cells cnihcddcd in an insulating' inutcrial incloscd within a suilahlc casing provided with a lining' made oi' layers ol snitnhlc niaterial \\'hcrch thc cells will he amply protected Jtroni inoislnrc. frost. hcator other injurious outside inlluenccs. An important ohjectisI the provision ot n, huttcry oi this character incloscd within a protective 'usingl provided with n hinge cover whereby access may he readilyv had to the cells to adjusting the connections thereof, the cover inclosing,r the binding posts connected with thc terminals ot the cells whereby the current thcrctroni may he conducted to any desired location.

A further object is the provision ot a hattery of this` character which will he simple and inexpensivx in nianu'lncturc. ctlicicnt in use, durable in servico and a general iniprovenient. of the art.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ot parts to he hereinatter more fully described and claimed and .illustrated in the. accompanying' drawing in whichz- Figure l is a vert-ical longitudinal section through my battery.

' Fig. 2 is a. cross sectional view therethrough;

Fig'. B is a plan view with the cover reinoved.

Fig. 4- is a horizontal sectional view.

Referringr more particularly to the drawing the numeral 5 designates the outside shell which may he formed of wood or metal or anv other suitable material and provided with `a lining G of asbestos disposed against the inner surfaces. Bisposed inwardly of this asbestos lining- 6 is a layer 'i' of pitch connnonlv known as red pitch. As an additional prevention. provide a laver 9 of suitahle absorbing niatcrial disposed against the inner surface of the pitch layer T.

Within the inclosure thus torined dispose a plurality.v ot' drv cells and then pour around theni molten' red pitch which. upon solidi living. will hold the batteries in propo-r position against displacement. within the mass ll.

l may clnplo;Y any desired nuinher ot cells and these cells inaj.' he connected in anyY desired manner, this detail forming no 'part ot the present invention.

Disposed over a recess l in the niass '13 is a plate l5. preferably of metal. upon which are mounted and insulated therefrom, hinding posts li which are connected with the terminals of the cells in an)Y desired inanncr and arrangement. the connecting` wires heine accommodated within the recess llfi i lid 2l is hinged upon the caing en covers thi` plate l5 and the binding po ts, `l lid heineY provided at its rear edge with hole. 2L tor tic passage et wires carrying cui-ren fron'i the hinding posts.

Frein the toren-eilig Fescription and a stndy ot the drawing it will he apparent that` l have thus provided a battery so incloscd as to he damp prooi, heat. and frost proof and in which danger ot". shortv circuitinO ot the cells reduced to a minimum.

it will o't course ne understood that l reserve the'right to malte such changes in the forni, construction and arrangement of parts as will not departI 'troni the spirit of the invention or the scope. of the suhjoined claim,

Having thus described my invention I clgimr- A battery comprising a. easing., e plurality of layers ot' absorbent. material therein, Va layer of red pitch disposed between said leye'rs of absorbent. material, central mass or" red pitch llingf the space hetween the inner most layer of absorbent: material and having its upper surface terminating below the upper edges of said layers todefne a cavity` and insulated from said plate and connected ,a plurality of cells embedded in said mass of with the terminalsA of said cells, and a lid red pitch and having their terminals extendhinged upon said casing and inclosing said 10 ing Within said cavity, a vmetallic plate displate, and said binding posts.

5 posed upon the upper edges of said layers of In testimony 'whereof I affix my signature.

absorbent material and covering said cavity and said cells, bindlng posts secured uponl i HERBERT D.. MORRIS. 

